Diploma

The Diploma goes into greater depth, building on the foundational areas, and begins to shift focus to a more contextual approach. This means that we begin with issues and conflicts that arise in the world and the church, and then learning how our theology can both help us address those issues, and at the same time, how our theology might grow deeper as we engage with theses issues. 

Modules in Year 1

Church, Mission and Theology

An introduction to the related themes of mission, ecclesiology and theology, exploring the nature of the church and the place of theology and mission in its life.

Introductory Greek

This module will introduce students to the main elements of basic greek grammar as related to the New Testament. students will be taught and required to learn basic greek vocabulary.

Understanding the bible

This is a course introducing students to the rigorous study of the Bible, the foundation and touchstone of Christian theology. It works through the different kinds of literature in the Old and New Testaments as well as exploring issues of how the Bible can be used and interpreted today.

Discovering the Christian tradition

An exciting introduction to the resources and history of Christian life and thought. We look at the broad sweep of church history, some of the key thinkers (theologians who have shaped the church’s theology), and some of the major movements of prayer and spirituality across the centuries, as a resource for contemporary theology and ministry.

Evangelism

This module looks at one of the foundational issues for Christian ministry, namely evangelism. The module requires
the student to experience leading on a current evangelistic course run by a church (e.g. Alpha, emmaus, christianity
explored) and write a theological and practical reflection on that experience.

Worship, liturgy, preaching

Worship, liturgy, Preaching focuses on Christian worship, liturgical leadership and preaching. The leadership of worship is a central feature of the work of public ministry, and an understanding of the theology, principles and practice of liturgy is, therefore, an essential part of any programme of formation in ministry. The module aims to provide an introduction to the development, structure and theology of Anglican (and other) worship and provide
a basic introduction to the theory and practice of preaching.

 

Modules in Years 2-3

The bible and theology

This module enables students to grapple with further Biblical studies after the introduction in year 1. It concentrates on the way we look at the Bible as a whole, and how to develop a biblical theology in the contemporary world. It aims to help students understand some key themes that run through the Bible and begin to think how they affect ministry and mission today.

Systematic theology

The focus of the foundational CP3 course was on a historical review of the church’s life and doctrine. This takes
a more systematic approach, exploring some of the key themes in Christian theology, how they have been understood over the centuries and how they can be appropriated and lived today.

The church in the world

In this module students begin to work on issues of Church (ecclesiology, ethics and Mission). This is a key transitional model that begins to help them think about the context of mission today, the shape of church and kind of life required to witness effectively to the Kingdom of God.

Models of ministry 1

Project work on a local church exploration, in which a student compares an aspect of church life in their own context with that of another student in another church, and they reflect on the significance of their findings for their own understanding of ministry. This section of the course also includes a daily life project in which students undertake an individual piece of work focused on some aspect of the life of their wider community.

Bible in depth 1

It is important that students are able to understand and use the Bible in public ministry, and one part of this is that they have a sense of how to read it in its literary context. Students therefore study selected Biblical books as set texts, in this module; Amos, Hosea and galatians.

Mission and ministry today

This module looks at some of the foundational issues for mission and ministry today, namely the nature of church, gospel, culture and kingdom, focusing in particular on church planting and new forms of church life as a basis for mission.

 

How much does it cost?

A certificate costs £6000, this includes the Middlesex University fee and online library resource fees. The cost will be split over the number of years the course runs i.e. £2000 per year.